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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-09-22, Page 9r. icy escrl es ' ire 'hi{e Volunteers Hurry To Rescue „ I. of red herrings these days-- the residents aren't poor: fish,' least they are well -smoked, It all a :result of .the frost on rtrrsday morning, September., 8. On that morning The Mistress, ;ing very cold, arose shortly ter eight o'clock and lighted :a ood fire in the furnace..When' seemed time, she ran the ther- nstat down to ollec1 t. So she as not unduly alarmed when it :gang to smoke, .}ter brother," wing Buchan, opened the wind, rrs, When the' smoke kept corn- rg :ea se air-conditioning system,. Mrs. ,roods ' and her brother; went own cellar to investigate. She called up to Lucy: "Call he Fire Department.. The furl}-. ce is on fire." ` Then in -a few aoments, she called again: "Ring .gain, the house is on fire." (that rag the: cheery, crackling sound vhich Lucy thought .was inside he furnace). Having done as she was bid ??tile lying in bed, it suddenly oc- rurred to Lucy that it Was time the was getting out of bed—'with :he furnace right under her room! So she slipped her feet into her shoes, got her two canes, and was crawling towards the door of her bedroom when her uncle Ewing caught her by the arm and said: Burry;" _ Lucy stiffened, an almost' fell over (fear does not lend wings to arthritics). "I can „ bar- Let take my own Bell arrived. When she saw The Hut smells like ,A not burry. me asun- ' e and T'll et .there," she re- Lucy, she dashed into >tha solid plied, ' an a foam rubber cushion. ' in -room a shadowy chair d. In the ' dm g Uncle Ewing followed with an old' ul inn g room -and emerged with figura appeared in. front Bf her. rug and Mrs. Bell wrapped her in It was her- uncle Lauder Buchan it. had just come from upstairs Luc "thought of who J And their Y where there walittle smoke. something, of value, belonging to "My God;- Whererout is Lucy?"'mhe someone else, which had' been here," "Ceti her of this."I m chucked into an old, silver theros here," -she `replied; "and don't try jug on the sideboard. She asked ur me. Let me go along at, her to h rY uncle `Ewing' if he could get my gait." in and rescue it (later she was of the The ,uncles . she never felt the chill tall silver jug than her uncle;)` door, and He managed it. All this, happened in just' a few minutes for the Firemen arrived And it was not until promptly. she couldn't_recognixe the men that Lucy' realized that she was- n't wearing her- spectacles—she who seldom walks a step without. them, had gone right outside and never missed her glasses in the excitement! helped her out the accused of thinking moreh Red-Shouldered1awk Migrates In Circles To Swath For Winter Months up the cold' air registers in- of the morning. She got Well 1 of being sucked down by back so as not to interfere with the firemen when they came. TTP uncles dashed into the house and came out with two coats.- One was a lig91t topcoat of her moth- ther's, which they helped her put on over her pyjamas, and Lauder Buchan put o .nliis own overcoat. They offered' to assist Lucy to sit ,dowiv in'an old rustic chair which stood nearby, but the sight of a few irlailpoin sticking through the sekt did not recom- mend itself to her comfort. So she stood leaning on her canes while they went around to see what they could do. Ewing Buch- an poured a large preserving-ket- tle reserving ket- tle full of water on the smoking carpet and thuspreventedit and, the "pad from too much damage. Another kettleful went down the. d register before smoke forced him out. Their good neighbour, Mrs. C. PAGE NIIa. ries or tdent o ) ' 1 p (By our Hayfield c ' Mrs, J. E.'.Howard reports see-- ing a migration of redshouidered hawks on Wednesday; September 14. She Was visiting Mrs. R. Mc- Vean. Littie Robbie McVean drew her attention to' it' by saying: "See the butterflies!" Looking up she, beheld the hawkscircling over head. o er- vel lersm'ey m err- ed hawks' tLa cies, widening each time to the south. They feed as they go, and take about' three weeks to reach their destination, which is seldom farther south than Ohio. One fireman after another went in the kitchen door and came out quickly. Then they . forced the cellar wondow open, One man leaned down and looked. in "Whew! I couldn't 'take that," he coughed. The hose was turned into the cellar to try and clear the smoke. Lucy could see a man being fitted with a respirator, and then he threw it off and got down at the cellar window. With h e r defective, eye -sight, s h e thought that he .went in head- first but her uncle Lauder correc- ted.the impression saying that he had looked in, and then swung around and let himself down, feet first. (She' discovered later that he was the Reverend Peter Ren- ner). The fire axe was handed in 'to him. He chopped open the cold air ducts, inside which ,the joists and floor boards were burn- ing. And then he applied the hose. Arnold Makins, wearing a respir- ator, went in to help him, and J. E. Hovey wore the other respira- tor. Although all lights were on, they didn't show through the dense smoke. Other firemen took them flashlights. -- After she'd done all she could, Mrs. Woods walked out the front door, •where there was less smoke. She thought as she wallced around the cottage and saw volumes of smoke billowing from the wind- ows, coming out under the eaves, etc.: "If it goes and we' have to build again, it will be .farther back on the lot where the cars bumping over the pot holes in the road won't disturb my rest." And then she saw her daughter all huddled up and wrapped in a rug. She remarked later, "You did look ,,so funny sitting there holding that old silver jug." And no doubt Lucy did look what bit the a' character wrapped moths had left of an ancient car- riage rug. But her mother was a sketch, too. She had put on a'pink flan- nel dressing gown over her cloth- es for warmth, and was minus her dentures. -In her bosom she hugged some legal documents she had collected. They never thought of clothes, prized family possessions, nor ev- en their purses. Nothing seemed to matter except that all were safe. And then after it was ,all out, friends and neighbours made cof- fee and prepared breakfast for them. In migration, the red h uld We are pleased to announce that we have just taken on the PURINA Franchise. This means that we have back of us .the world's largest and most ex- perienced feed company. In addition to the many services that we have rendered to you, our customers, in the past, we now offer you top quality livestock and poultry rations. We feel that we have a program to fit the needs of all livestock and poultry people since this franchise includes concentrates for those of you with an abund- ance of grain, complete feeds for those with no grain, and also a complete line of Sanitation Products. Come in and let us discuss your feedings plans for this corning season. Nelson's Machine Shop CHAS. NELSON Beth this and last year when out walking with the dogs, Mrs. Howard said that they found a hatch of the"red-Shouldered.hawk, l:t was:on Harold Brandon's prop- erty in the south-eastern part' of the village. The baby ,birds are very pretty,resembling balls ` of chenille in.buff and yellow, blaelt and > red hues. The red -shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) nests low in a thick shrub or on the ground in moist Woodlands and river timber. Have you noticed thesMonarch butterflies ; g a t h e ring on the shrubs, lately? They migrate as far as South America. Volunteer FirefightingDue To Volunteer Ways 1922 p Triple Disaster Not Repeated (By our ")3ayfield corresppndent) It was such a comfort to have the efficient Volunteeer Fireman, who under Walter • Westlake, chief, and George Little, 'assistant, at• a moment's notice dropped their work and took up their posts. • They used a whole tank of water before the flames, were extinguished In ten more min- utes, they said that they could have done nothing. Mrs. Woods and Lucy thought of that other fire in November 1922, when three shops and dwel- lings, on main street were burned., It started in King's shed and spread through to an adjoining garage which had been used by George Greenslade and in which there . was a drum containing some gasoline. ' Mrs. Woods had been the first to see it. It was- Sunday night after church. She hadn't had time to bed down the horse before church, after having driven her daughter Jean and Ethel Jowett to Clinton. She performed that task after church. Coming through the darkened dining - room of the house (now owned by Mrs.' Malcom Toms) she saw a flame run up the corner of the shed abutting her, garden. It dis- appeared and for a moment she wondered if she had been seeing things. Then the flames shot up with a roar; it must have reached the gasoline tank. William J. Stinson who was visiting Dr. Woods, ran up to Tom King's and warned them. The fire ring went on the telephone and Central rang it on adjoining circuits. Cries of "Fire! Firer" rent the the peaceful Sabbath ev- ening air around the, village. People ran around with pails of water, helpless against the fur- ious blaze. The late Bob Blair took the lead in giving directions. If people had listened to him and gotten axes and chopped down the shed adjoining the bakeW, Tom King's building might have been saved. The store owned by, Mrs. John Pease (formerly ` operated for some years as a store and res- taurant by George Greenslade) was the first to catch fire. Then it spread to Drehmann's and last- ly to King's as the wind was blowing from a southerly direc- tion, Dr. Woods was Postmaster. Harry Drehmann was assistant and the office was in his tailor shop. Lucy was sent in to get the mail, valuables, records and forms. Harry Drehmann was stamping the out -going mail for the morn- ing. As the flames licked up the side of his frame building, he wrote out a 'letter bill, tied up the mixed packet and locked the bag. Lucy had gathered up let- ters for delivery, papers and mag- azines and put them into a parcel bag. Forms, etc., were put into uction Sales AUCTION SALE OF LIVESTOCK and, POULTRY at lot No. SY, concession 6, God- erieh Township, 1 mile south of Porter's Hill, on Tuesday, September 27 at 2 p.m.. ' Cattle -40 young dairy cows and heifers, of which 8 are fresh, some springing, balance due O - ober, to March These nettle consist of Holsteins, Hereford' x Holstein; Jersey x Holstein; and Ayrshires and Durhanrs; 1 Jersey heifer; 1 Guernsey heifer; 10 young calves.' Most of the cows and heifers are vaccinated and of ,good quality and' conditions and raised on our own farm. Thesse cattle will be sold without reserve'. Poultry: 250 Sussex x Rhode Island Red pullets, starting to lay; 100 Rhode Island Red' ,pul- lets, starting to lay. TERMS—CASH A. E. Townsend, Proprietor Edward ' W. Elliott, AuctioneerS another bag, And it was not un- til everything had been packed up in the "precincts" of the inner. off ice, that Harry Drehmann opened the front door and let helpers in to carry out what fur- nitirre they could salvage. No one in the village - brought a bucket tump but Alfred Erwin'. It was used on Drehmann's build- ing until men operating it were fairly singed. Men and women pumped and carried water. Mon stayed in the haymow and put out sparks which drifted in through the cracks in the Woods darn. Most of the furniture 'in all three buildings was saved. Nine inches of snow on the roof tops held the 'conflagration in check and so saved a good many more buildings. Then the• people rushed into the Woods' residence saying: "Your place is going, too." And they had bedding and considerable fur- niture carried across the road to Edwards, the Albion Hotel and Mcg,gy's garage. Again the Post Office supplies and valuables were transferred-- this time to Ed- wards — for safety. Despite furniture being scorch- ed through the windows, Mrs. Woods and Reta Harrison worked calmly, keeping the wooden win- dow sills upstairs packed with snow. Others outside threw water up on the woodwork. And so the brick building was saved. Lucy recalls being a bit upset, but when she whined, her mother brought her up by the right turn with: "For goodness sake keep quiet. We have another house to go to, but these others have lost their homes." By the time the stage came in the morning the embers were dy- ing. But His Majesty's Mail went out and came in just the same, A temporary Post Office was set up in Dr, Woods office in his resi- dence. It had been a nightmare which could easily have been re- peated in 1955 had it not been for the Bayfield Fire Department. DISPERSAL SALE of 22, Head: of Purebred Accredited Dual -Purpose Shorthorns at lots 32 and 33, Maitland Can - cession No. 8 highway -1 mile west ' of Helmesville, or 8 miles east of Goderich, on Saturdoy,,October 1 - at'LBO p.m. Cattle: Purebred, accredited and vaccinated, cow „4 yrs• old, due October 2$th (sire Walpole Dulte) ; cow 6 yrs., old, due Nov- ember 27th; cow 4 yrs. old, milk- ing, bred again; cow 5 yrs. old, milking, bred again;, cow 7 yrs old, milking, ' bred again; cow 9 yrs., old, milking: bred again;, 2 cows,' ows aged, milking, bred again; heifer, 3 yrs. old, due January 2nd, 1956, (bred to Spetisbury Rotarian 5th); heifer 3 yrs.fold; 3 heifers, 2 yrs. old; 4 her 1 year old; 2 heifers, 4 months old; bull 5 months old; bull 2 monthsw old. Miscellaneous:- M -H binder, 6 ft. cut; corn. binder; manure spread- er; seed drill; Set of sloop sleighs; 2 cutting boxes; bee equipment of hive bodies, supers and metal queen excluders; vacuum cleaner, 3 chrome chairs; settee. TERMS -CASH Proctor Palmer, Proprietor Edward W. Elliott, Auctioneer 38-9-b ESTATE AUCTION SALE Auction Salo of Property and Household Effects at 100 Angles - ea Street, Ooderich, on Saturday, September 24 at 12 o'clock sharp 4 burner table top Essotane stove; Frigidaire; kitchen table and chairs; 9 -piece modern wal- nut dining room suite; glass china cabinet; walnut antique sofa; number of walnut antique chairs; 3 walnut tables; telephone table and chairs; number of bric-o-brac; four poster bed with springs and spring filled mattress; walnut dresser; walnut cedar chest; painted bedroom suite with springs and mattress; seamstress cabinet; electric sewing machine; brown iron bed; antique walnut dresser; number of scatter mats and rugs; oil paintings; antique china vases; brassware; electric lamps; Sunbeam electric Mix - master; electric iron; set of 1847 Rogers silverware; china dinner set; china cups and saucers; crys- tal; cake plates; quantity of fancy china; complete line of kitchen utensils; Kenwood blankets; flan- nellette cotton sheets; pillows and pillow cases; table cloths; lunch cloths; tea towels; bath' towels;, bed spreads; electric washing machine; electric motor; carpen- ter tool; garden tools; tubs; seal- ers; crocks. Property—at the same place, 100 Anglesea street, 3 pm., 7 room modern frame cottage, cov- ered with grey shingles, will be offered for sale, subject to reserve bid, bathroom, oil furnace, excel- lent basement; oil. Immediate pos- session. For further particulars apply to: W. M. Prest, Solicitor for estate Terms— Chattels cash, proper- ty, 10% down, balance in 30 days. Estate of Ethyle Edith Johnston Auctioneer—Harold Jackson Clerk—E. P. Chesney 38h • AUCTION SALE Of Lella Cattle, d to be Elton and Sons Sales at BERVIE on FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEPT. 23 at 12.30 noon 10, 3 yr. old steers; 20, 2 yr. old steers; 130 yearling . steers; 30 yearling Hereford heifers. , These 160 steers will be sep- arated into matched lots of dif- ferent sizes, approx. 100 Hereford; 30 Shorthorn and 30 Angus, all of good quality, carrying good flesh. Most -of these cattle came down from the west last also all ll and nd this spring. There offered: 20 fresh and springing Holstein cows and heifers; six yearling Holstein heifers. CowS starting at 12.30 noon, sharp, fol- lowed by the steers. Elton McLelland and Son, Proprietors Auctioneers, Donald Blue, borne. and Doris McLelland, Clint Janzi. Get your ponies ready, the pony sale, October 14. 38-b LOOK at this Line -Up of SAFE BUY VALUES! BOB COOK MOTOR SALES AT HENSALL OFFERS THE FOLLOWING STOCK OF CHOICE SELECTED USED CARS '54 Models FORD Customline Coeah— low mileage. '53 Models CHEV. SEDC—real sharp. MERCURY SEDAN radio, white wall tires; 2 tone. '52 Models CHEV. CLUB C O'SI P E — leather seats and radio. CHEV. COACH—sFIere's a honey! DODGE DELUXE SUDAN, Solid as Gibraltar! CHEV. DELUXE COACH— One owner. . '51 Models CHEV. DELUXE SEDAN— Fleet as a bird! OLDS. "88" COACH,-Neiv tires; and like new. '50 Models FORD COACH — priced to sell. FORD CUSTOM SEDAN -- Built-in radio; one own- er. FORD SEDAN —A Dandy! STUDEBAKER SEDAN -- One owner. See this! PONTIAC SEDAN —Music heat; Whiteshoes. WHAT DO WE MEAN? When we say -- "We Won't Sell You A Poor Used Car" We mean, primarily that our sincere desire' is to sell you only the bind of used car that will bring you'baek to us first the next time you get ready to buy.' This means that we whole- sale all of our trade-ins that are not good cars, or •can not• be made into good ears by re- conditioning. If. it gets on our used car lot, it's good. Here are a few of the Fine used cars we new have on display. ' 000/ If Interested in Top Cars Phone. Collect178 Hensall for Demonstration or Transportation' • ;000 • .ONE. LOOK IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS Bob Cook Motor Sales_ '49 Models FORD CLUB COUPE— radio and other extras. DODGE SEDAN - Hustle' in now. ,"48 Models am. 'SEDAN—nice con- dition. '47 Models MERCURY COACH — Lots of lifeleft yet! FORD SEDAN Ready for everything. '46 Models CHEV. SEDAN Eager for the open road. PONTIAC SEDAN —Priced to go. HUDSON CLUB COUPE -- Enduring .qualities. TRUCKS '46 ' FORD Y2 TON. '41 INTERNATIONAL Y2 10 Older Cars,' As Is All makes & models. Make- us akeus an offer and see what happens. HENSALL; ONTARIO PHONE HENSALL 178 SALESMEN PHONES: Bob: Cook—Res. 188 Mike Quinlan — Res. 65 Blighton Ferg-Res. 159w WIDE CHOICE --..— — LOW DOWN PAYMENT — — TERMS TO SUIT YOU S. Scruton CITIES SERVICE DISTRIBUTOR For Service Call .377W - After 6 p.m. -- 377J ESTATE AUCTION SALE Of Property and Household Ef- fects and Small Farm Equipment, in the Village of Brucefield Saturday; October 1 at 1 p.m. Frigidaire refrigerator (like new) ; Beach kitchen range; kit- chen cabinet; sideboard; kitchen tablec- riiiron; nd chairs; hot o radio; teable lamps; white enamel washing ma- chine; electric tea kettle; electric toaster; wine chesterfield bed (like new) ; number of rocking chairs; smalls tables; occasional chairs; sewing machine; walnut china cabinet; mantel clock; Que- bec heating stove; mirrors; chest of draws; card table; wardrobe; hall tree; Coleman camp stove; 3 -burner Coleman stove and oven; brown iron bed, springs, mattress; 3 furnished bedrooms, blankets, bed linen, quilts, pillows, table linen; scatter mats; quantity of remnants; number of pieces of antique china; vases; dishes; kit- chen utensils; garden tools; cream separator; single horse wagon;,, plow; scuffler; harrows; lumber; 700 rug brick chicken feeders; chicken equipment; forks, shovels, chains. • Property: At same place 43 pm. the property will be offered for sale, subject to reserve bid, consisting of 10 acres of land, more or less; 1* storey fraine house covered with asphalt shing- les; small frame barn, garage; 2 - storey hen house, suitable for 400 or 500 hens (like new)'; hydro; excellent land, in good state of cultivation. Immediate possession. Terms: Chattels, cash; Prop- erty, 10% down, balance 30 days. Estate of late Jack Wright. Harold Jackson, Auctioneer. E. P. Chesney, Clerk. Solicitor, A. W. Sluery. • Executorial 8. C. Cornish, . A. 38-9-b Wright. • CLEARING AUCTION SALE Of Tractor, Farm Machinery, Livestock, Grain and House- hold Effects On the premises, half of lot 8 and 9, Lake Road, West, Staley TownshHay- field orr5 miles norts h oflrDrysdale, on highway 21. The undersigned auctioneer re- ceived instructions to sell hY Pub- lic Auction, on: • Friday, October 7 1955, commencing at 1 p.m. sharp Tractor and Farm Maehinery Waterloo Z tractor on steel; 3 - furrow Oliver plow; set of Lever harrows; set of bob sleighs; log drag; cutter; set of log bunks; wagon and box; gravel box; bug- gy; set of trucks with rack; fan- ning trucks; 1 00 lbwith eens; beamt f scales wooden lanbinder; M -H 13 -sun seed drill; 11 run seed drill; M -H mower, 6 Pt. cut; M -H bean puller and scuf- fler; 1 -row scuffler with killers` 2 walking plows; 12 -plate disc harrow; rake; 24 cord hrwood; quantity of lumber; 150 cedar rails. • Livestock Part Hereford and Ayrshire cow, fresh one month, with heifer calf at foot; Durham cow milking, carrying second calf, due in April; Hereford yearling steer. Grain 700 bushels choice mined grian. Household Effects Enterprise cook stove like new; Quebec heater; wooden bed with springs and mattress; iron bed, springs and mattress; dresser; wash stand; feather tick and pil- lows; floor covering, yarious sizes; lace curtains;, 2 antique hanging lamps; 6 coal -oil lamps; extension table with leaves; 2. school desks; large table; toilet set, complete; kitchen cabinet; glass chairs; upboard; organ; lounge; cture frames; settee; odd dishes; crocks; clock; cabinet radio; paperls ane; robe; fish nets; sap spikes; etc. etc. • ,No•;Reserve as farm is sold TERMS—CASH Carl Houston, Proprietor Fred Watson, Clerk Alvin Walper, Auctioneer 38-9-b, I , "Me/Not on your life! I'm just shouting loud enough se's everybody can hear what I have to say. And what I have to say is this: Never, overlook the importance of your estate." 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